The Final Days Of Summer
Summer ends early Friday morning with the autumnal equinox at 5:05. Can you believe that it's almost over? Did you enjoy it? Overall, I think most people will respond that it really was a good summer. Other than the 4-day heat wave in July which contained the 103 degrees on the 22nd, I was very very pleased with the season. I declared early on that I was going to whine less and enjoy more so that indeed made me a happier camper. Time waits for none so it is time to move on to the fabulous season of fall featuring football, soccer, cross-country, golf, biking, running, walking, apple and pumpkin picking, etc. The fall foliage extravaganza will be unfolding right in front of our eyes and we'll keep you apprised of the changing colors throughout New England. For starters, check out this site for leaf peepers. Hints and splashes of color are appearing in the wetlands and over the higher elevations of mainly northern New England already. Peak color will be on schedule for the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, New Hampshire's Great North Woods to the Northern White Mountains and the Western Mountains of ME the final week of September into the first few days of October.
Weatherwise, it will be warming up this week mainly after tomorrow's upper 60s inland and lower to middle 60s at the coast. Expect highs near 70 on Tuesday then middle to upper 70s the rest of the week into next weekend. The nights will warm up from tonight's 40s to the 50s Tuesday night to 60-65 Wednesday and Thurdsay night. Regarding rain, a few weakening showers will shift across the region on Tuesday with a higher risk of more widespread showers and isolated thunder on Thursday followed by the heaviest rain and some lightning likely on Friday with a brief batch of showers and thunder possible Saturday morning. This action will be triggered by a dissipating frontal boundary Tuesday with another approaching boundary on Thursday when the air is quite humid again followed by a wave of low pressure on Friday and a cold frontal passage and strong upper level trough of low pressure Saturday morning. After the shower threat ends by midday Saturday, it will turn windy from the west with gusts to 35-40 mph possible through Sunday. It will be partly cloudy as a couple fronts race across southern Canada into New England below a gale center intensifying in eastern Canada.
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